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Celebrate Andy Murray's Wimbledon win with 5 mobile games made in Scotland

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Celebrate Andy Murray's Wimbledon win with 5 mobile games made in Scotland
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Yesterday evening, Scottish sportsman Andy Murray ended Britain's 77-year wait for a male Wimbledon champion when he beat opponent Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

To celebrate Murray's impressive feat (and his upcoming win at this year's Sports Personality of the Year showcase, no doubt) we've decided to choose five of our favourite games from Scotland-based developers.

If you have any favourites of your own, be sure to let us know about them in the comments section below this article.

Quarrel Deluxe
By Denki (Dundee) - buy for iPhone and iPad

Quarrel Deluxe isn't your typical word game. This Xbox Live Arcade title mashes together elements of various popular boardgames, including Scrabble and Risk.

Your aim in this title, you see, is to take control of your opponent's land.

In order to do this, you must pull high-scoring words from a variety of unique anagrams, and rack up more points than your foe.

iBomber Defense Pacific
By Cobra Mobile (Dundee) - buy for iPhone and iPad or buy for Android

This tower-defence title sees you battle relentless waves of enemy forces as you attempt to take control of territory on the Pacific Rim.

If you wish to survive for more than a few minutes in iBomber Defense Pacific, you'll have to analyse and predict enemy attack patterns and build all manner of different defences, while constantly perfecting your strategy along the way.

Wave Trip
By Lucky Frame (Edinburgh) - buy for iPhone and iPad

Wave Trip is a music-infused arcade-style game in which you take control of a geometric astronaut, and travel through beautiful but dangerous worlds in search of your friends.

Uniquely, Wave Trip lets you make the game's music as you play, as every move forms a new note on the ever-evolving soundtrack. You can, if you have the attention span, also create levels from scratch.

They Need to Be Fed
By YoYo Games (Dundee) - buy for iPhone and iPad or buy for Android

Very few platformers on the App Store and Google Play are as fun (and down-right tough) as They Need to Be Fed and its sequel.

In each of this game's stages, you'll want to to navigate your on-screen protagonist around lasers and away from rockets, and into the gaping gob of a hungry plant-like creature.

Tank Battle: North Africa
By Hunted Cow Studios (Moray) - buy for iPhone and iPad

Your job in this action-packed strategy title is to wipe the smile off of Hitler's moustachioed-face, by using the British Commonwealth and a battalion of US forces to destroy his army.

Tank Battle: North Africa features over 35 different unit types, which include powerful bazooka specialists and all manner of different tanks.
Anthony Usher
Anthony Usher
Anthony is a Liverpool, UK-based writer who fell in love with gaming while playing Super Mario World on his SNES back in the early '90s. When he isn't busy grooming his beard, you can find him replaying Resident Evil or Final Fantasy VII for the umpteenth time. Aside from gaming, Anthony likes hiking, MMA, and pretending he’s a Viking.